Obituaries

Dorothy T. Funk
1916 - 2009
McLouth

McLouth — Funeral services for Dorothy T. Funk, 93, McLouth, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the McLouth United Methodist Church. Burial will be at McLouth Cemetery.Mrs. Funk died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the Hickory Pointe Care Center in Oskaloosa.She was born March 10, 1916, in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Ernest and Charlotte White Gilbert. She was a 1933 graduate of Oskaloosa High School, and a lifelong resident of the McLouth and Oskaloosa areas. Mrs. Funk was a homemaker. She was a member of the McLouth United Methodist Church and the American Legion Williams-Kesinger Auxiliary Unit No. 393 in McLouth.She married Robert Francis Funk on July 12, 1943, in Oskaloosa. He died March 2, 1973. Survivors include, a son, Bob Funk, McLouth; a daughter, Barbara Peterson, Turner; a sister, Ruth Kimmel, Gladstone, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.Friends may call an hour before services at the church.The family suggest memorials to McLouth United Methodist Church, Jefferson County Hospice or Jefferson County Meals on Wheels program, sent in care of Barnett-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa, KS 66066.Online condolences may be sent at barnettchapeloaks.com.